1121.02 LIST OF DEFINITIONS.

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Accessory use	A subordinate use which is incidental to and customary in connection with the principal building or use and which is located on the same lot with such principal building or use.
Alteration	Any change, addition, or modification in construction or occupancy of an existing structure.
Automotive Repair, Major	General repair, rebuilding or reconditioning of engines, motor vehicles or trailers; collision service including body, frame, or fender straightening or repair; over-all painting or paint shop; vehicle steam cleaning.
Automotive Repair, Minor	Replacement of parts and motor service to passenger cars and trucks not exceeding one and one-half (1½) tons capacity, but not including any operation named under Automotive Repair, Major, or any other similar operation.
Automotive sales	The sale of new and/or used automotive and/or recreational vehicles, motor homes, horse trailers, boats or machinery.
Automotive Service Station or Filling Station	A place where gasoline, kerosene or any other motor fuel or lubricating oil or grease for operating motor vehicles is offered for sale to the public and deliveries are made directly into motor vehicles, including greasing and oiling on the premises.
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Basement	A space having one-half (½) or more of its floor-to-ceiling height below the average level of the adjoining ground and with a floor-to-ceiling height of not less than six and a half (6½) feet. Also may be called a Cellar.
Bed and Breakfast	A private owner-occupied residence with one to three guest rooms contained within that structure and operated so that guests reside at the home for a finite and temporary basis. No kitchen facilities may be provided for use by guests.
Berm	A landscaped mound used to buffer a use from an adjoining property.
Board	The Board of Zoning Appeals or the Board of Site Arrangement of the City of Blue Ash, Ohio.
Brewery, Macro	Brewery that produces more than 15,000 barrels per year and may distribute outside of the region. Includes the production of ciders.
Brewery, Micro	A limited-production brewery that produces less than 15,000 barrels per year and that typically produces specialty beers that are generally only sold locally. Includes the production of ciders.
Brewery, Nano	A limited-production brewery that uses a three-barrel or smaller system. Includes the production of ciders.
Brewpub	An establishment selling beer brewed on the premises and including a restaurant.
Bufferyard	Open spaces, landscaped areas, fences, walls, berms or any combination thereof used to physically separate or screen one use or property from another so as to visually shield or block noise, lights or other nuisances.
Building	Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls designed or intended for the support, enclosure, shelter or protection of persons or property.
Building, Main	The building on a lot occupied by the principal use.
Building, Accessory	A subordinate building, the use of which is incidental to and customary in connection with the principal building or use and which is located on the same lot with such principal building or use.

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Chief Building Official	The Chief Building Official of the City of Blue Ash or an authorized representative.
Child Day-Care	Administering to the needs of infants, toddlers, pre-school children, and school children outside of school hours by persons other than their parents or guardians, custodians, or relatives by blood, marriage, or adoption for any part of the twenty-four (24) hour day in a place or residence other than the child's own home. The following are child day-care facilities:
	Child Day-Care Center    Any place in which child daycare is provided, with or without compensation, for thirteen (13) or more children at any time, or any place that is not the permanent residence of the licensee or administrator in which child day-care is provided, with or without compensation, for seven (7) to twelve (12) children at any one time. In counting children for the purposes of this definition, any children under six (6) years of age who are related to a licensee, administrator, or employee and who are on the premises shall be counted.
	Type A Family Day-Care Home    A permanent residence of the administrator in which child day-care is provided for four to twelve (12) children at any one time, if four (4) or more children are under two (2) years of age. In counting children for the purposes of this definition, any children under six (6) years of age who are related to a licensee, administrator, or employee and who are on the premises of the Type A home shall be counted. The term Type A family day-care home does not include a residence in which the needs of children are administered to, if all such children are siblings of the same immediate family and the residence is their home.
	Type B Family Day-Care Home A permanent residence of the provider in which child day-care or child day-care services are provided for one to six (6) children at one time and in which no more than three (3) children may be under two (2) years of age at any one time. In counting children for the purposes of this definition, any children under six (6) years of age who are related to the provider and are on the premises of the Type B home shall be counted. The term Type B family day-care home does not include a residence in which the needs of children are administered to, if all such children are siblings of the same immediate family and the residence is their home.
City	The City of Blue Ash, Ohio.
City Architect	The City Architect of the City of Blue Ash or an authorized representative.
City Engineer	The City Engineer of the City of Blue Ash or an authorized representative.
Clinic	An establishment occupied by one or more members of the healing professions including those for humans and domestic household animals.
Club	A building or portion thereof or premises owned or operated by a corporation, association, person or persons for a social, educational or recreational purpose, but not primarily for profit or to render a service that is customarily carried on as a business.
Commercial Breeder	A person, who for a fee or other consideration, maintains animals, reptiles, insects, or amphibians, for the purpose of breeding, selling, leasing, trades, barters, or auctions. This definition does not include hobby breeders, who typically breed a litter or two (2) every year as a hobby.
Commission	The Planning Commission of the City of Blue Ash, Ohio.
Community Development Director	The Community Development Director of the City of Blue Ash or an authorized representative.
Comprehensive Plan	The Comprehensive Plan for the City of Blue Ash, Ohio, as adopted by Council. See also Land Use Plan.
Council	The City Council of the City of Blue Ash, Ohio.
Courtyard	An open unoccupied and unobstructed space, other than a yard, on the same lot with a building or group of buildings.

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Day-Care	An establishment providing continuous supervised temporary care for individuals under license by the State of Ohio. See also Child Day-Care.
Density	The required land area for each dwelling unit. For single-family detached homes it shall be the required lot size per dwelling excluding any streets and public or private right-of-way. For multi-family dwelling units, it shall be the required area of land per dwelling unit as specified in this Code exclusive of any public utility easements, streets, and public or private right-of-way.
Development	The division of land into two (2) or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any structure; the mining, excavation, landfill, or land disturbance; and any use or extension of the use of land.
Distillery, Macro	A place or establishment where the distilling of liquors is done on a large scale and such liquor is distributed for sale.
Distillery, Micro	A small, often boutique-style distillery, established to produce beverage grade spirit alcohol in relatively small quantities, usually done in single batches.
District	Any section of the City of Blue Ash within which the zoning regulations are uniform.
Dwelling	A building or structure designed or occupied exclusively for residential use and permitted accessory uses for one or more households, but not including a tent, cabin, trailer, hotel, motel, fraternities, sororities, mobile home, or manufactured home.
Dwelling, Multiple	A building, or portion thereof, designed for or occupied by three (3) or more dwelling units, each dwelling unit being the residence of a single household.
Dwelling, Single-Family	A building or structure consisting of a single dwelling unit only, separated from other dwelling units by open spaces, but not including manufactured homes.
Dwelling, Two-Family or Duplex	A building consisting of two (2) and no more than two (2), single household dwelling units which may be either attached side by side or one above the other, and each unit having either a separate or combined entrance or entrances.
Dwelling Unit	Space within a dwelling comprising living, dining, and sleeping room or rooms, storage closets, as well as space and equipment for cooking, bathing, and toilet facilities, all used by one household.
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Engineer, City	A licensed civil engineer employed by contract or as a payroll employee of the City of Blue Ash, Ohio to represent the City in civil engineering matters.
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Farmers Market	An organized seasonal outdoor market containing six (6) or more independent vendors open to the public at which locally grown produce and flowers, value-added agricultural products, and fresh baked goods are sold by persons or their representatives who typically grow, harvest or process such items from their farm or agricultural operation.
Fence	An assemblage of materials forming a barrier at grade between a lot and street or alley or between portions of a lot or lots.
Frontage	The distance along a street line from one intersecting street to another or from one intersecting street to the end of a dead-end street.

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Garage, Private	A detached accessory building or portion of the main building housing or designed to house the automotive vehicles of the occupants of the premises.
Garage, Public	A building or portion thereof other than a private or storage garage, designed or used for equipping, servicing, repairing, hiring, selling, storing or parking automotive vehicles. The term "repairing" shall not include the dismantling or storage of wrecked or junk vehicles.
Garage, Storage	A building or portion thereof designed or used exclusively for term storage by prearrangement of automotive vehicles, as distinguished from daily storage furnished transients, and at which fuels and oils are not sold and vehicles are not equipped, repaired, hired or sold.
Grade	The average level of the finished surface of the ground within five (5) feet of the face of a building for buildings more than five (5) feet from a street line. For buildings closer than five (5) feet to a street, the grade is the sidewalk elevation at the center of the building. If there is more than one street, an average sidewalk elevation is to be used. If there is no sidewalk, the City Engineer shall establish the sidewalk grade.
Greenhouse	A glassed or translucent enclosure used for the cultivation or protection of plants.
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Height, Building	The vertical distance from the grade to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the deck line of a mansard roof, or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip and gambrel roofs. Where the site is not flat, the height shall be measured from the average grade along the front of the building.
Height, Finished Floor	The vertical distance from the finished grade to the top of the first floor of a building.
Health/Recreation Facility	An indoor facility including uses such as game courts, exercise equipment, locker rooms, Jacuzzi and/or sauna and pro shop.
Higher Learning Education Facility	Any private or public secondary educational institution that includes, but is not limited to: secretarial schools, colleges and universities, business schools, seminaries, or any other institution providing collegiate level curriculum.
Home Occupation	An occupation, profession, activity, or use that is clearly a customary, incidental, and secondary use of a residential dwelling unit and which does not alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood.
Hospice	A building or portion thereof used for the accommodation and care of terminally ill persons.
Hospital	A facility providing physical or mental health services, inpatient or overnight accommodations, and medical or surgical care of the sick or injured.
Hotel	A building in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for one or more days for compensation, and in which ingress and egress to and from all rooms are made through an inside office or lobby and under supervision at all times. As such, it is open to the public in contradistinction to a boarding house or a multiple dwelling.
Household	A group of individuals not necessarily related by blood, marriage, adoption or guardianship, living together in a dwelling unit as a single unit.

 

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Industry	The storage, repair, manufacture, preparation, or treatment of any article, substance or commodity.
Inspector	An inspector for the City of Blue Ash.
Institution	A benevolent nonprofit establishment for public use.
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Junk	Machinery, scrap, iron, steel, or other ferrous and nonferrous metals, tools, implements or portions thereof, glass, plaster, cordage, building materials, or other waste that has been abandoned from its original use.
Junk Yard	A place where waste, discarded or salvaged materials are bought, sold, exchanged, baled, packed, disassembled or handled, including auto wrecking yards, house wrecking yards, used lumber yards, and places or yards for storage of salvage house wrecking and structural steel materials and equipment; but not including such places where such uses are conducted entirely within a completely enclosed building.
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Kennel	An establishment licensed to operate a facility housing dogs, cats, or other household pets and where grooming, breeding, boarding, training, or selling animals is conducted as a business.

 

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Laboratory	A building or a portion of a building devoted to the experimental study in science, or the testing and analysis of chemicals, drugs, minerals, or other substances usually associated with scientific study.
Laboratory, Medical or Dental	A building or a portion of a building devoted in use to providing bacteriological, biological, medical, X-ray, pathological and similar analytical or diagnostic services to doctors or dentists and where no fabrication is conducted on the premises except the custom fabrication of dentures.
Land Use Plan	The Land Use Plan for the City of Blue Ash, Ohio, as adopted by Council.
Landowner	The legal or beneficial owner or owners of all of the land proposed to be included in a development. The holder of an option or contract to purchase, a lessee or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in such land, shall be deemed to be a landowner for the purposes of this Code.
Landscaped Area	That part of a lot that is devoted to the growing of grass, shrubs, trees and other plant materials, including statuary, ponds, and ornamental features. All trees, shrubs, and other plants required in this Zoning Code shall be of first-class nursery grade.
Library	A facility that contains books, periodicals, and other materials for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, that consists of a room, set of rooms, or building where such materials may be read or borrowed.
Light, cutoff	An artificial outdoor light source designed to ensure that no light is directly emitted above a horizontal line parallel to the ground.
Light, non-cutoff	An artificial outdoor light source designed to allow light to be directly emitted above a horizontal line parallel to the ground.
Loading Space	A space having a minimum dimension of twelve (12) feet by thirty-five (35) feet and a vertical clearance of fourteen (14) feet, unless such dimensions or clearance are varied by the Board of Site Arrangement or as otherwise provided for in this Zoning Code, within the main building or on the same lot providing for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks.
Lot	Land occupied or intended for occupancy by a use permitted in this Zoning Code, including one main building, together with its accessory buildings and uses, the yards, parking and loading spaces required herein and having its principal frontage upon a street or upon an officially approved place.
Lot, Corner	A lot abutting upon two (2) or more streets at their intersection.
Lot, Depth of	The mean horizontal distance between the front and rear lot line.
Lot, Double Frontage	An interior lot having frontages on two (2) streets.
Lot, Interior	A lot other than a corner lot.
Lot, Irregular	Any lot that is not square or rectangular in shape, that has nonparallel side lot lines, or nonparallel front and rear lot lines and/or side lot lines that are not normal to the principal access street.
Lot, Panhandle	A lot who's only owned access to the street is a narrow strip of land. The narrow strip of land known and referred to as the "panhandle" shall be defined as a strip of land displaying a minimum width at any point of twenty (20) feet and a maximum width of less than the minimum lot width required for building purposes. The owner of the lot shall own all parts of the lot including the panhandle.
Lot Line	A line dividing one lot from another or from a street or alley.
Lot Line, Front	Any lot line that abuts a public right-of-way or, in the case of a panhandle lot, that is adjacent to the strip of land that connects the buildable area to the right-of-way.
Lot Line, Rear	The lot line that is opposite the front lot line.
Lot Line, Side	Any lot line that is not a front or rear lot line.
Lot, Minimum Area of	The area of a lot computed exclusive of any portion of the right-of-way of any public or private thoroughfare.
Lot of Record	A lot that is a part of a subdivision, the map of which has been recorded in the office of the County Recorder, or a parcel of land, the deed of which was recorded in the office of the County Recorder prior to the adoption of this section.
Lot Width	The width of a lot at the front yard line.

 

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Maneuvering Space	The unobstructed area needed for a truck to back, in a single movement, directly from the access street into a loading space, the depth of which is measured perpendicular to and from the front of such loading space to the curb side of the most remote traffic lane in the access street.
Manufactured Home	Any home that is factory-built in the United States to the HUD Title 6 construction standards. It is built on a permanent chassis to ensure transportability.
Manufacturing, Light	The assembling, altering, converting, fabricating, finishing, processing or treatment of a product utilizing a relatively clean and quiet process which does not include or generate objectionable or hazardous elements such as smoke, odor, vibration, water pollution or dust and which is operating and storing products and materials in a completely enclosed structure.
Master Plan	See Comprehensive Plan
Mixed-Use	A building, lot, or development that contains a mixture of uses including residential, commercial, office, and/or industrial uses.
Mobile Home or Trailer	Any vehicle for carrying materials or to function as a dwelling unit and designed to be hauled, propelled, or transported along a highway, including camping trailers, house trailers, motor homes, tent trailers, boat trailers, materials trailers and farm wagons. For dwelling unit definition purposes, mobile homes include a structure of vehicular, portable design, originally built on a chassis and designed to be moved from one site to another, and to be used with or without a permanent foundation. All such units are not allowable as dwelling units within Blue Ash Zoning districts.
Motel	A building in which lodging is provided and offered to the public for one or more days for compensation, with exterior ingress and egress. As such, it is open to the public in contradistinction to a boarding house or a multiple dwelling.
Museum	A building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value.
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Non-Profit Use	A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and a profit motive and is exempt from taxation under Sec. 501 (c) (3), (4), (7), (8), (10), or (19) of the Internal Revenue Code, Title 26, United States Code, and/or incorporated under Chapter 1702 of the Ohio Revised Code pertaining to non-profit corporations.
Nonconforming Structure or Premises	A structure or premises legally existing at the time of adoption of this Code or any amendment thereto and which does not conform to the area regulations of the Zoning Code.
Nonconforming Use	A land use legally existing at the time of adoption of this Code or any amendment thereto and which does not conform to the use regulations of the Zoning Code.
Nursing Home and Facilities	A facility that offers short and long-term care for individuals who need rehabilitation services or who suffer from serious to persistent health issues. Certificates of need are issued by the State of Ohio for bed units. Skilled nursing facilities do not include facilities providing surgical or emergency medical services, substance abuse programs, or mental health facilities.

 

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Office	A building or portion of a building wherein services are performed involving predominately administrative, professional or clerical operations.
Office, Medical	Offices organized as a unified facility for licensed physicians, dentists, chiropractors, or other health care professionals providing diagnosis or care of sick or injured persons but are not provided with room and board and are not kept overnight on the premises. Medical services and medical clinics include medical and dental laboratories incidental to the medical office use.
Open Space	An area of land or an area of water, or a combination thereof, that is designed for environmental, scenic, or recreational purposes. It may include buffer areas, active and passive recreation areas, wooded areas, water courses, and similar amenities. Open space shall not include off-street parking areas, streets, or part of road rights-of-way.
Outdoor Dining	A porch, patio, deck or other area used for consumption of food and/or beverages by the public which is not completely enclosed within the exterior building walls, windows and doors of a limited restaurant, full service restaurant or a drinking establishment, and which may or may not have a solid roof cover.
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Parking Space	A durably surfaced area, unenclosed or enclosed in the main building or in an accessory building having an area of not less than 162 square feet, a minimum width of nine (9) feet and a minimum depth of eighteen (18) feet, exclusive of driveways, permanently reserved for the temporary storage of one automobile.
Premises	Land together with any buildings or structures occupying it.
Public Service Facility	The erection, construction, alteration, operation, or maintenance of buildings, power plants, or substations, water treatment plants or pumping stations, sewage disposal or pumping plants and other similar public service structures by a public utility, by a railroad, whether publicly or privately owned, or by a municipal or other governmental agency, including the furnishing of electrical, gas, rail transport, communication, public water and sewage services.
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Recreation Vehicle	A motor home, mobile home, house trailer, truck camper, boat, travel trailer, and or any other vehicle (e.g., van, pickup, camper, bus converted to motor home) which is principally designed and used for recreation purposes, as opposed to being regularly used for transportation purposes.
Residential Group Home	A facility, licensed by the State of Ohio for six (6) or more residents, providing continuing care and twenty-four (24) hours per day supervision by qualified persons. A qualified person shall mean a person qualified by education, training and experience, or any combination thereof, for the position that they hold in the residential group home.
Residential Senior Housing	Multi-family residential that is age restricted consistent with Housing and Urban Developmnet (HUD) guidelines.
Recycling Center	A building in which used material is separated and processed prior to shipment to others who will use those materials to manufacture new products.
Religious Institution	An institution that a congregation of people regularly attends to participate in or hold religious services, meetings and other activities, including buildings in which the religious services of any denomination are held.
Restaurant	A place where prepared food and beverages are served for consumption on the premises.
Restaurant, Drive-In/ Drive-Thru	Restaurants that have as part of operations drive-in/drive-thru facilities in which food and/or beverages are dispensed directly to occupants of an automobile.
Retail Sales	Any site that contains retail sales.
Retail Sales, Large	Any site that contains retail sales and contains a building with any single-tenant space with more than 40,000 square feet of floor area.
Retail Sales, Small	Any site that contains retail sales and contains a building with any single-tenant space with 40,000 square feet or less of floor area.
Right-of-Way	A strip of land taken or dedicated for use as a public way. In addition to a roadway, it may incorporate curbs, lawn strips, sidewalks, lighting, and drainage facilities, and may include special features such as grade separation, landscaped areas, viaducts, and bridges.

 

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School, Private	Any school other than a public school, including schools owned and operated by a business establishment, a foundation or an institution, as well as private or parochial elementary, junior or senior high schools, or private and parochial colleges and universities.
School, Public	Any school operated by a public school district or by a City, county, state or Federal government agency.
Screen	Any shrubbery, hedges, trees, or other growth, fences, walls, retaining walls, structure or any tangible barrier or obstruction of material above the surface of the ground, with the purpose of preventing or minimizing the view of any object from a level line of sight. The height, width and length of the screen shall be such to minimize views of the structure, area, vehicle or item to be screened. The screen as herein defined may be located adjacent to the structure, area, vehicle, or item to be screened; may be located anywhere within the same lot or premises; or may be located on the perimeter of the lot or premises, providing that no horizontal line of sight from six (6) feet above the ground is possible from a point off the lot or premises.
Secondary Road or Street	A public right of way intended for main travel within the City, as opposed to a street normally serving only interior subdivision traffic.
Self-Service Storage Facility	A building or group of buildings consisting of individual, self-contained units that are leased or owned for storage of business and household goods or contractors' supplies.
Separate Tract	A parcel of land or a group of contiguous parcels of land under one ownership on February 25, 1971.
Setback	The minimum horizontal distance between any building or structure and the related front, side or rear property line.
Sign	A name, word, letter, writing, identification, description, display model or illustration which is placed upon, affixed to, painted or represented upon a structure, or any part thereof, or in any manner upon a parcel of land or lot, and which publicizes an object, product, place, activity, service, person, candidacy, institution, organization or business. The word "sign" shall also include banners, pennants, insignia, commercial signs, bulletin boards, ground signs, poster billboards and electric signs, wherever placed. The word "sign" shall not include the following:
	A.    Signs erected and maintained pursuant to and in discharge of any governmental function, or required by any law, ordinance, resolution, or governmental regulation.
	B.    The flag, pennant, or insignia of any nation, state, county, city, or other political unit, or of any political, educational, charitable, philanthropic, civic, professional, or religious campaign, drive, monument or event.
	C.    Signs not exceeding one square foot in area and bearing only property numbers, name of street, post office box numbers, or names of occupants of premises.
Sign, Area of	The total exterior surface of the portion of a sign that displays the message and any background that is integral to the message and differentiated from the building or structure to which it is attached, computed in square feet, of a sign having but one exposed exterior surface; one-half the total of the exposed exterior surface computed in square feet of a sign having more than one such surface.
Sign, Building Identification	A sign that identifies the building on a site or the name of a development that contains multiple tenants.

 

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Sign, Deteriorating	Any sign, which because of its construction, the length of time it has been displayed, or lack of maintenance, has become an eyesore or blighting influence.
Sign, Ground	Any sign that is not attached to a building and that has a base that contacts the ground over at least eighty percent (80%) of the maximum width of the structure.
Sign, Off-Premises	Any sign unrelated to a business or profession conducted, or a commodity or a service sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located.
Sign, On-Premises	Any sign relating to a business or profession conducted, or a commodity or service sold or offered upon the premises where such sign is located.
Sign, Permanent	Any sign which is permanently affixed to a structure or mounted in the ground, not easily movable without disassembly because of construction and placement, and is not constructed from materials of temporary durability such that its use is for short duration.
Sign, Pole	Any freestanding sign that is not a ground sign.
Sign, Temporary	A sign intended for use for only a limited period of time and typically constructed of non-durable materials such as plastic, paper, wood, or fabric.
Sign, Tenant Identification	A sign that identifies a tenant in a building or in a development that contains multiple tenant spaces.
Sign, Wall	Any sign painted on or attached to and erected parallel to the face of, or erected and confined within the limits of, the outside wall of any building and supported by such wall or building and which displays only one advertising surface.
Storage Container, Household	Any container less than forty (40) square feet than does not require a foundation and that is designed for storage of household equipment such as lawnmowers, garden tools and supplies, chainsaws, play equipment, grills, lawn furniture, and the like.
Story	That portion of a building, other than a cellar, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there be no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
Story, Half	A space under a sloping roof which has the line of intersection of roof decking and wall face not more than three (3) feet above the top floor level, and in which space not more than sixty percent (60%) of the floor area is finished off for use. A half-story may be used for occupancy only in conjunction with and by the occupants of the floor immediately below.

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Street	All property dedicated or intended for public or private street, highway, freeway or roadway purposes or subject to public or private easements thereon.
Street Line	A dividing line between a lot, tract or parcel of land and the public right of way of a contiguous street.
Structural Alterations	Any change in the supporting members of a building, such as bearing walls or partitions, columns, beams, or girders or any substantial change in the roof or in the exterior walls.
Structure	Anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires permanent location on the ground or attached to something having a permanent location on the ground, including but without limiting, the generality of the foregoing, advertising signs, billboards, backstops for tennis courts, fences and pergolas.
Structure, Temporary	Anything constructed or erected in a manner such that it provides the benefit of a permanent structure, but does not have a permanent foundation, is not permanently attached to the ground, and is not otherwise regulated by the Building Code. Temporary structures include tents, portable carports, temporary storage containers, and the like, but do not include play equipment or household storage containers.
Swimming Pool	Any receptacle for water, or an artificial pool of water having a depth at any point of more than two (2) feet, intended for the purpose of immersion or partial immersion therein of human beings, and including all appurtenant equipment.
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Taproom	A room in which alcoholic drinks, especially beer, are available on tap.
Townhouse	A one, two, or more story dwelling unit that is connected to another dwelling unit by a common wall.
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Vehicle, Automotive or Motor	Any self-powered vehicle moving on wheels or runners used as a means of transport.
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Warehouse incidental	The location or process of storing large quantities of goods so that they can be sold or used at a later date, where the area devoted to such location or process is less than 50 percent of the gross floor area of the building.
Warehouse, primary	The location or process of storing large quantities of goods so that they can be sold or used at a later date, where the area devoted to such location or process is 50 percent or more of the gross floor area of the building.
Warehouse, self-storage	A structure containing separate storage spaces, which may be of various sizes, leased or rented on an individual basis.
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Yard	An open space on the same lot with a building, unoccupied and unobstructed by any portion of a structure from the ground upward, except as otherwise provided in this Zoning Code. In measuring a yard for the purpose of determining the width of a side yard, the depth of a front yard or the depth of a rear yard, the minimum horizontal distance between the lot line and the main building shall be used.
Yard, Front	A yard extending the full width of the lot between a principal building and the front lot line.
Yard, Rear	A yard extending the full width of the lot between a principal building and the rear lot line. On corner lots, the rear yard shall be considered as parallel to the street upon which the lot has the lesser dimension.
Yard, Side	An open space between the front and rear yards of a lot and between the side lot lines and the main building or any projections thereof.
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Zoning Code	The Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of Blue Ash, which was adopted by Ordinance No. 2017-1 passed January 26, 2017 and is codified as Chapters 1121 through 1149.

 

(Ord. 2017-1. Passed 1-26-17; Ord. 2018-1. Passed 1-11-18; Ord. 2020-1. Passed 2-27-20; Ord. 2020-10. Passed 12-10-20.)